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Deploy vCenter failed in VMware VCF Bring-up process

samlouis55 — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 13:47:03 GMT

Hello all,

I am doing a nested vcf lab and it is my first lab in vcf. I have 4 nested Esxi 2CPU-8 cores. When I tried to deploy the VMware VCF 3.8, it failed in Deploy vCenter Server. When I check log in /var/log/vmware/vcf/bringup/vcf-bringup-debug-log, it shows:

org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: FATAL: password authentication failed for user "bringup".

I tried to deploy it two times and it stuck at the vCenter deployment. Any ideas how i can resolve it?

Regards.

Re: Deploy vCenter failed in VMware VCF Bring-up process

KabirAli82 — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 15:09:51 GMT

The error point towards the passwd not being correct. Best check if the passwd is compliant with the vCenter pwd policy. And I dont mean just checking the Excel of Cloud builder. Check what the pwd requirements are for the vCenter and be sure to meet them.

Re: Deploy vCenter failed in VMware VCF Bring-up process

samlouis55 — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:18:19 GMT

The error was the NTP server was not configured. I didn't know it was so important for the bring up process.

Re: Deploy vCenter failed in VMware VCF Bring-up process

PCTechStream — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 12:35:46 GMT

Hey how did you fix the NTP server? I got an issue with cloud builder and host rejecting the windows NTP server and validation failed with warning.

Time Synchronization Validation Warning
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Host 'b'vm-cb'' reject or unable to use NTP server ['AD-DC-1.ITSA.CLOUD'] as source.
Host 'b'vm-cb'' and NTP ['AD-DC-1.ITSA.CLOUD'] sync offset +445512 seconds (Expecting 30.0 seconds)
Host 'b'vm-cb'' and NTP '172.16.31.2' time drift >30.0 seconds
Host '172.16.31.101' reject or unable to use NTP server ['AD-DC-1.ITSA.CLOUD'] as source.
Host '172.16.31.102' reject or unable to use NTP server ['AD-DC-1.ITSA.CLOUD'] as source.
Host '172.16.31.102' and NTP ['AD-DC-1.ITSA.CLOUD'] sync offset +445496 seconds (Expecting 30.0 seconds)
Host '172.16.31.102' and NTP '172.16.31.2' time drift 44549.3314704895 seconds (Expecting 30.0 seconds)
Host '172.16.31.103' reject or unable to use NTP server ['AD-DC-1.ITSA.CLOUD'] as source.
Host '172.16.31.103' and NTP ['AD-DC-1.ITSA.CLOUD'] sync offset +445540 seconds (Expecting 30.0 seconds)
Host '172.16.31.103' and NTP '172.16.31.2' time drift 44549.33168005943 seconds (Expecting 30.0 seconds)
Host '172.16.31.104' reject or unable to use NTP server ['AD-DC-1.ITSA.CLOUD'] as source.
Host '172.16.31.104' and NTP '172.16.31.2' time drift 44549.41915178299 seconds (Expecting 30.0 seconds)

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!